v4.3.0

Release boba 4.3.0

boba is published on crates.io.

This release contains enhancements and performance optimizations. boba::decode is 35% faster than v4.2.0.

• Optimize encode for empty input by hardcoding the result. #135
• Minimize codebloat by moving encoder and decoder out of generic function. #136
• Optimize boba::decode. #137
• Remove bstr dependency and reimplement bits that are used in decode. #138

Improvements to dev dependencies and benchmark tooling:

• Update version-sync to 0.9.3 and trim some deps from Cargo.lock. #117
• Remove comparison benches with alternate implementation. #123
• Migrate benches to subcrate with criterion, remove nightly toolchain dep. #134

This release also includes several code quality improvements:

• Scope encoded length to block for constructing the decode buffer. #103
• Format use import statements to have groups for core + other deps. #104

This release contains improvements to documentation and build process.